chapter 2: 1-2 Joe

By jdeboer2014
  • Jan 2, 1215

    Magan Carta

    Nobles forced King John to sign. Rule of law-no one is above the law, not even the King. It established equality under the law.

  • Thirteen Colonies

    Thirteen colonies were founded on the East Coast.

  • Jamestown founded

    ruins of the old church mark the site of the original Jamestown

  • Burgesses

    First legislature in America was established.

  • Mayflower Compact

    Pilgrams signed as the first example of many colonial plans for self-government.

  • Charles I

    Charles I took the throne.

  • Parliamant

    The representatives forced the king to sign the Peition of Right.

  • Puritans

    Puritans settled nearby.

  • Puritans colonize

    Puritans colonize conneticut.

  • William III takes the throne

    William replaces James II.

  • Locke political ideas

    Locke wrote and published his political ideas in Two Treatises on Government.

  • French and Indian war

    The war was fought from 1754 to 1763.

  • Ben Franklin proposition.

    Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union.

  • Stamp Act

    Imposed the first direct tax on colonists.

  • war

    At this time many European countries joined the war.

  • George III

    George III became kingof Britain.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dressed as mohawks, dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

  • first continental congress

    The first continental congress was held.

  • First Blow

    First attack by redcoats in Lexington and Concord.

  • Richard Henry Lee

    He first proposed America to be free and independent states.

  • Approval

    Congress approves Lee's resolution.

  • Declaration of Independence.

    The congress approved the final draft of the Declaration of Independence.

  • French Revolution

    Frances version of our revolution.